Western labs · 5 tracked
Frontier AI Overview
Every frontier lab, model release and announcement in one place.
Token Volume Share
~30%
OpenRouter, mid-2026
VENTURE FUNDING
$255.5B
PitchBook, Q1 2026
Infrastructure Investment
$725B
US hyperscalers, 2026
Lab Activity Index
western · last 7 days- 01Meta AI released 3 models this week, including Muse Wonder Full (Max) and Muse Wonder (Max).
- 02Third Moment Research runs 10,000 agents for 36+ hours using OpenAI.
- 03Google DeepMind's Universal Cart shopping tool launches in the US.
Fundraising
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Largest raises · last 7 days
Model Leaders
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Largest Context
Llama 4 ScoutMeta AI10M tokenscontext window · lab spec
Latest Feed
TechCrunch · The Verge · VentureBeat · more- 2026-10-17Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concernsReleaseTechCrunch
- 2026-10-17Anthropic says its workforce has become less junior and is spending more time in meetingsReleaseTechCrunch · Anthropic
- 2026-10-17Replit makes OpenAI its default over Anthropic, CEO saysReleaseTechCrunch · OpenAI
- 2026-10-17Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sitesReleaseThe Verge
- 2026-10-17Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted GenomesReleaseWIRED
- 2026-10-16India becomes the latest country to report rogue AI agent activityReleaseTechCrunch
- 2026-10-16An Nvidia insider-turned-VC on why robotics hasn’t hit its ChatGPT moment, yetReleaseTechCrunch · OpenAI
- 2026-10-16Elorian’s first AI model wants to reason with images, not just about themReleaseTechCrunch · OpenAI
- 2026-10-16Jev is Vercel’s fastest-adopted AI model everReleaseTechCrunch
- 2026-10-16Mark Wahlberg on using AI in film ‘the right way’ and being open to an AI clone carrying on his legacyReleaseTechCrunch
Top Models Currently
index by#1 · Anthropic
Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
57.6
index
- Released
- 2026-09-22
- Coding
- —
- Speed
- 96.4 t/s
- $/1M
- $8
#2 · Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
56
index
- Released
- 2026-09-28
- Coding
- —
- Speed
- 142.3 t/s
- $/1M
- $4
#3 · Anthropic
Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback)
56
index
- Released
- 2026-09-22
- Coding
- —
- Speed
- 81.6 t/s
- $/1M
- $8
#4 · Meta AI
Muse Wonder Full (Max)
55.8
index
- Released
- 2026-10-12
- Coding
- —
- Speed
- 0 t/s
- $/1M
- $0
#5 · Anthropic
Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)
53.6
index
- Released
- 2026-09-22
- Coding
- —
- Speed
- 77.7 t/s
- $/1M
- $8